[3] New Zealand won its maiden title by defeating West Indies in the semi-finals and South Africa in the final.

[10] In August 2024, the ICC announced that the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup would be played in the United Arab Emirates, with the Bangladesh Cricket Board remaining the official hosts.

[18][19] Sri Lanka became the second qualifier and reached their ninth T20 World Cup after defeating United Arab Emirates in the second semi-final.

[20] Overall, nine out of ten teams from 2023 reached the T20 World Cup, with the only difference being Scotland replacing Ireland.

[21] In July 2022, the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed that two venues, Dhaka and Sylhet, would host the matches.

[43][44] The opening match was played between Bangladesh and Scotland at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on 3 October.

[47] The second day saw South Africa putting West Indies to bat and restricting them to 118/6 thanks to Nonkululeko Mlaba's 4/29 and then chasing the target down in 17.5 overs with 10 wickets in hand with the captain Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits both getting half-centuries.

[48] The next match saw New Zealand, batting first put a score of 160/4 with a unbeaten half century from the captain Sophie Devine before bundling out India for just 102 with Rosemary Mair's 4-fer and winning by a margin of 58 runs.

Sri Lanka put a mere score of 93/7 which Australia chased down with 6 wickets and 34 balls to spare riding on Beth Mooney's unbeaten 43.

South Africa put up a score of 124/6 with Laura Wolvaardt top-scoring with 42 and Sophie Ecclestone taking 2/15.

In the first match, batting first, South Africa made 166/5 before bowling Scotland out for 86 and winning by a huge margin of 80 runs.

[55] The next match saw India put up a score of 172/3 with the help of Harmanpreet Kaur's 52* and Smriti Mandhana's 50, before bowling Sri Lanka out for 90 and winning by a huge margin of 82 runs.

Put into bat, Pakistan was bowled out for 82 thanks to Ashleigh Gardner's 4/21 before Australia chased it down in 11 overs with 9 wickets to spare.

In the first match, batting first, Sri Lanka were restricted to 115/5, which was chased down by New Zealand in 17.3 overs thanks to Georgia Plimmer's 53.

[59] In the second game, batting first, Bangladesh were restricted to 106/3, which was chased down by South Africa in 17.2 overs thanks to Tazmin Brits' 42.

In reply, England chased it down comfortably in 10 overs without losing any wickets with both Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt-Hodge scoring unbeaten half-centuries.

In reply, West Indies chased it down in 18 overs with 6 wickets to spare, with the help of fifties from Qiana Joseph and Hayley Matthews.

As a result, West Indies and South Africa qualified for the semi-finals while England were eliminated with net run-rate the deciding factor.

In reply, South Africa chased it down in 17.2 overs, led by Anneke Bosch's 74* and Laura Wolvaardt's 42 to win by 8 wickets to reach their second consecutive final.

[68] The second semi-final at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on 18 October saw West Indies battle it out against New Zealand.

Batting first, New Zealand put on 128/9 with Deandra Dottin picking up 4/22 and then restricting West Indies to 120/8 with the help of Eden Carson's 3/29 to win by 8 runs and reach the final for the first time since 2010.

[71][72][73][74][75] South Africa started the innings strongly with a partnership of 51 runs from 41 balls between Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits.

Then, South Africa lost wickets at regular intervals, with Suné Luus dismissed for 8, Annerie Dercksen for 10, and Tryon for 14 ending their innings at 126/9 from 20 overs and New Zealand winning the match by 32 runs.

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